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Joaquín intends to kill his neighbor, Liza, by stabbing her in a busy park. He buys a hunting knife, shadows Liza for several minutes, and as she sits on a park bench, he draws the knife and begins to lunge toward her chest. A passerby notices, shouts, and wrestles him away before any contact is made; Liza escapes unharmed. (a) Under the Subjective Phase and Objective Phase framework, has Joaquín begun to commit the crime or merely prepared to commit it? (b) Is Joaquín liable for attempted murder? State the controlling doctrine and apply it to the facts.