"I don't know what spell you were casting in the Isleworth Crown Court," Lord Justice Pitchford told Mr Morgan at yesterday's hearing. "But this is a remarkable sentence, is it not?"
Lord Justice Pitchford said cocaine smuggling had a "public dimension" and should normally attract "lengthy" jail terms.
"There is a deficiency, in the respect of the recorder, in her reasoning," said Lord Justice Pitchford.
"We consider the recorder was persuaded against her initial and better judgment and imposed an unduly lenient sentence."
He added: "In the most exceptional circumstances it may be possible for the court to take an exceptionally lenient course. We consider this present case is not in that exceptional category."
Prosecutors said Williams - convicted of conspiracy to supply a class A drug after pleading not guilty at a trial in March - had been involved in trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of £145,600 into the UK.
In September 2010, American customs officers had intercepted a parcel containing nearly 1,000g of cocaine which was destined for Williams' home, the court heard.
They said Williams was not an "organiser" but argued he must have been "near the top of the food chain".
Mr Morgan disputed that argument, saying Williams lived in a bedsit and showed no "trappings of wealth".
Appeal judges said the cocaine, which had a wholesale value of £52,500, was wrapped inside a package said to contain a "gift".
Customs officers allowed it to be flown into the UK and delivered to Williams's home. Police then arrested Williams at his home.
Williams said the package was intended for a friend but a jury took less than three hours to find him guilty.
Judges heard that Williams was a man of "good character" except for a drink-driving conviction in 2008.
Mrs Blair, 56, is based at Matrix Chambers in London.
Last year, she was criticised for sparing from jail Shamso Miah, a Muslim, after he admitted assault, because he was a "religious man".
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