With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". together, the Sixth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution “entitle a criminal defendant to a ‘jury determination that [he] is guilty of every element of the crime with which he is charged, beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ” Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 477, 120 S. Ct. 2348, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2000) (alteration in original) (quoting United States v. Gaudin, 515 federal constitutional rule: This court has repeatedly . . . held that Apprendi and its progeny do not require the State to submit a defendant’s prior convictions to a jury and prove them beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Thiefault, 160 Wn.2d 409, 418, 158 P.3d 580 (2007) (citation omitted); see also State v. Roswell, 165 Wn.2d 186, 193 n.5, 196 P.3d 705 (2008) (<HOLDING>). Until such time as our Supreme Court

A: recognizing the prior conviction exception of almendareztorres
B: recognizing exception carved out by almendareztorres
C: holding that apprendi carved out an exception for prior convictions that specifically preserved the holding of almendareztorres
D: holding that almendareztorres rejected the argument that the fact of a prior conviction must be found by a jury
A.