in which a trial justice must conduct a plea proceedi It is well settled in this state that “[gjuilty pleas are valid only if voluntarily and intelligently entered, and the record must so affirmatively disclose” facts pertaining to those requirements. State v. Figueroa, 639 A.2d 495, 498 (R.I.1994). Having reviewed the record, including the transcript of the plea, it is our opinion that the trial justice’s colloquy was thorough and established that applicant’s guilty plea was voluntary and made with knowledge and understanding of the charges against her. See Tavarez v. State, 826 A.2d 941, 943 (R.I.2003) (acknowledging proper colloquy when trial justice clearly explained the defendant’s rights and inquired about the defendant’s understanding of the plea form); Frazar, 822 A.2d at 936 (<HOLDING>). The justice who presided over the
holding that plea colloquy did not refute defendants claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate his competency because defendants competency was never addressed at the plea colloquy holding a plea affidavit is properly incorporated in the record when the trial judge ascertains in the plea colloquy that the defendant has read has understood and acknowledges all the information contained therein holding that in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary a defendant is bound by statements made under oath during his plea colloquy recognizing that plea colloquy demonstrated that the defendant understood his rights and voluntarily relinquished them holding that absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary a defendant is bound by his representations made during a plea colloquy