With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". is voluntary, knowing, and intelligent when no evidence indicates that he was aware of a state statute requiring the court to impose a life sentence if the sentencing jury failed to reach a unanimous decision. The California statute at issue here provides that “[i]f the trier of fact [at the sentencing stage] is a jury and has been unable to reach a unanimous verdict as to what the penalty shall be, the court shall dismiss the jury and impose a punishment of confinement in state prison for life without possibility of parole.” 1977 Cal. Stats., ch. 316, §12. State high courts faced with the issue whether a defendant must be aware of similar capital sentencing provisions have reached differing conclusions. Compare Harris v. State, 295 Md. 329, 339-340, 455 A. 2d 979, 984 (1983) (<HOLDING>), with People v. Morgan, 112 Ill. 2d 111,

A: holding that an effective notice of appeal must be filed for this court to have jurisdiction to hear the case
B: holding that the waiver of sovereign immunity must be clear and unequivocal
C: holding prelitigation waiver of jury trial must be made knowingly and voluntarily and courts will indulge in every reasonable presumption against a waiver of that right
D: holding that a court must explain the effect of a jury deadlock for a waiver to be effective
D.