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On May 6, 1978, Katherine R. was in a motel room with two men, Gordon Page and Richard Appleby. They were angry with her for something she had done. According to prosecution evidence, the following events occurred. Page and Appleby told her she needed a lesson, that they would tattoo her. Appleby tore her top off, they put her on a bed, and Appleby held her down while Page tattooed her with a tattooing needle. When Ms. R. pleaded with them to stop, Appleby struck her in the face with a closed hand about four times, and .Page slapped her once. Page tattooed the letters “M.F.F.M.” (representing a club slogan, Misfits Forever, Forever Misfits) over an area measuring four by two and one-half inches on her left breast. He then tattooed “Property of G. P.” (Gordon Page) over an area one inch by eight to ten inches on her abdomen, and Appleby tattooed the words “Mine Too,” with an arrow, on her left thigh. While she was being tattooed by Page, Appleby held a belt across her neck, and on one occasion hit her across the back with it. Then Appleby ordered her to remove her wedding rings, upon threat of cutting off her fingers to get them, and Ms. R. complied. Appleby took her purse…