SC: another good p.d. passes

Public defender dies:

Spartanburg County Public Defender Mike Bartosh... died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home early Wednesday. He was 61...

Solicitor Trey Gowdy... was impressed by Bartosh's faith, which was his basis for standing with a defendant who often had no one else to support him.

"That was what happened with the Chris Hampton case. Mike was there when no one in Hampton's family was," Gowdy said. "He felt it was his Christian obligation to speak for people who had no one -- no matter what sins or crimes they had committed..."

"I still see that man of faith, and he was open about his beliefs," Gowdy said. "I still have that image of Mike, standing next to someone who did not have anybody..."