A jury has convicted a St. Paul man for his role in the assault and shooting of a 42-year-old outside a Rice Street bar.

Edward G. Robinson, 43, was found guilty this week in Ramsey County District Court of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and first-degree assault for the killing of Oscar Lee Covington, who died nearly a month after he was robbed and shot on Oct. 30 after patronizing Born’s Bar along Rice Street near Manitoba Avenue. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7.

The alleged shooter, Marlon Deion Dickey, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder and prosecutors are awaiting his extradition from another state, according to a spokesman for the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

Meanwhile, Erica Ruth Hampton, who was working as a bartender at Born’s, is charged with aid

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