It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of, inter alia, rape in the second degree (Penal Law § 130.30), and endangering the welfare of a child (§ 260.10 [1]), defendant contends that County Court abused its discretion in failing, sua sponte, to order a competency evaluation before trial ( see CPL 730.30; People v Tortorici, 92 NY2d 757, 765-766, cert denied 528 US 834; People v Morgan, 87 NY2d 878, 879-880). We reject that contention, inasmuch as the record is devoid of any indication that the court had "a `reasonable ground for believing that [the] defendant [was] in such state of idiocy, imbecility or insanity that he [was] incapable of understanding the charge, indictment or proceedings or of making his defense'" ( Tortorici, 92 NY2d at 765; see People v Corney, 303 AD2d 1006, lv denied 1 NY3d 570). We also reject the contention of defendant that the court deprived him of his right to a fair trial by admitting in evidence references to uncharged crimes. The references to those uncharged crimes were properly admitted in evidence to support the count charging endangering the welfare of a child ( see People v Keindl, 68 NY2d 410, 421-422, rearg denied 69 NY2d 823; People v Lemanski, 217 AD2d 962). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention with respect to the alleged inaccuracy of information relied upon by the court in sentencing him ( see People v Leeson, 299 AD2d 919, 920, lv denied 99 NY2d 560; People v Washington, 291 AD2d 780, lv denied 98 NY2d 682), and we decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see CPL 470.15 [a]). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.