Robert C. Hunter (born 14 January 1944) is an American

United States

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 jurist, currently a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals

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Hunter, born in Marion, North Carolina

Marion, North Carolina

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, earned a degree in political science

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 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 in 1966 before earning his Juris Doctor

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  degree from the same institution in 1969. While at UNC-Chapel Hill, he became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega

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. After earning his degree, Hunter worked as a county attorney in McDowell County, North Carolina

McDowell County, North Carolina

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. He also represented the 49th District in the North Carolina House of Representatives

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 from 1980 to 1998.